Shona Joy

Shona Joy is a researcher focused on pluripotent stem cells, neurodegenerative diseases, and regenerative medicine. Her work involves in vitro disease modeling of Alzheimer’s disease and Progressive supranuclear palsy using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), with an emphasis on understanding pathogenesis and developing small molecule drug screening platforms.

• pluripotent stem cells
• neurodegenerative diseases
• regenerative medicine
• drug discovery
• signaling pathways
• embryo development

Dr. Joy’s research explores signaling pathways during iPSC reprogramming and embryo neural development, including differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into forebrain and midbrain neuronal types. Her studies highlight mechanisms like WNT, NRF2, GABAA, CREB, and GSK3β signaling in disease modeling and neuronal maturation.

Her publications reflect a focus on iPSC-derived neuronal cultures, metabolic regulation in stem cell reprogramming, and functional maturation of stem cell-derived neurons. These works span 2014–2020, with key contributions to understanding disease pathogenesis and signaling mechanisms in regenerative neuroscience.

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